Korean J Anesthesiol.  2024 Jun;77(3):353-363. 10.4097/kja.23858.

Comparison of lung aeration loss in open abdominal oncologic surgeries after ventilation with electrical impedance tomography-guided PEEP versus conventional PEEP: a pilot feasibility study

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Anesthesiology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India
  • 2Department of Onco-Anesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
  • 3Department of Surgical Oncology, Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
  • 4Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
  • 5Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, India
  • 6Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Abstract

Background
Existing literature lacks high-quality evidence regarding the ideal intraoperative positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to minimize postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). We hypothesized that applying individualized PEEP derived from electrical impedance tomography would reduce the severity of postoperative lung aeration loss, deterioration in oxygenation, and PPC incidence.
Methods
A pilot feasibility study was conducted on 36 patients who underwent open abdominal oncologic surgery. The patients were randomized to receive individualized PEEP or conventional PEEP at 4 cmH2O. The primary outcome was the impact of individualized PEEP on changes in the modified lung ultrasound score (MLUS) derived from preoperative and postoperative lung ultrasonography. A higher MLUS indicated greater lung aeration loss. The secondary outcomes were the PaO2/FiO2 ratio and PPC incidence.
Results
A significant increase in the postoperative MLUS (12.0 ± 3.6 vs 7.9 ± 2.1, P < 0.001) and a significant difference between the postoperative and preoperative MLUS values (7.0 ± 3.3 vs 3.0 ± 1.6, P < 0.001) were found in the conventional PEEP group, indicating increased lung aeration loss. In the conventional PEEP group, the intraoperative PaO2/FiO2 ratios were significantly lower but not the postoperative ratios. The PPC incidence was not significantly different between the groups. Post-hoc analysis showed the increase in lung aeration loss and deterioration of intraoperative oxygenation correlated with the deviation from the individualized PEEP.
Conclusions
Individualized PEEP appears to protect against lung aeration loss and intraoperative oxygenation deterioration. The advantage was greater in patients whose individualized PEEP deviated more from the conventional PEEP.

Keyword

Abdominal oncologic surgery; Atelectasis; Electrical impedance tomography; Lung aeration loss; Lung ultrasonography; PEEP titration
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